“"He said, you do not like what is virtuous." Elihu says that holy Job had a wrong opinion about God, and these words are gathered from his reflections, because God is offended by this fact, as Job ascribes to him the errors of others. "What advantage will you get if I sin?" This concept is even more evident in another…”
Julian of Eclanum, 5th c. — EXPOSITION ON THE BOOK OF JOB 35:3-4
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4I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
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2Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God’s?
3For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?
— Job 35:4 —
5Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou.
6If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him?